Add a splash of blue to your backyard with Virginia bluebells, a pollinator and butterfly favorite — as well as an ...

Mertensia virginica, commonly called Virginia bluebells or cowslip. This beautiful spring wildflower produces funnel-shaped pendant flowers that begin as pink, but turn blue as the flowers open. Th… ...

The Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica) is in the Boraginaceae family. Other flowers in this family include forget-me-not, comfrey, borage and echium, all of which are shades of blue or violet.

It takes a brave flower to poke through the snow and bloom in the days when winter's grip has barely loosened. And that's just what early-spring flowers such as Virginia bluebells, trout lilly ...

CHRIS STEPHENS / PLAIN DEALERYou don't have to go south to find Virginia bluebells. Their season in Northeast Ohio has begun -- but won't last long. As much as we dig, fertilize and water, Mother ...

Just because a flower is pretty, it doesn't mean it's a good pick for your garden. Such is the case with this fast-spreading, non-native option.

Virginia bluebells make a welcome addition to shady woodland, wildflower, or native plant gardens. The pastel colors of the flower and foliage are soft and soothing for a shaded area.

Living Virginia Bluebells are Spectacular at this Time of Year (Harvey Cotten) Published: Apr. 16, 2013, 8:32 p.m.

Enter Virginia. Virginia bluebells, Mertensia virginica, that is. This dainty-yet-hardy, deer-resistant, native woodland perennial is at home in the shade garden's moist soil.

Few plants with blue flowers challenge the blue of the Virginia bluebells. If you have ever seen a forest floor carpeted with these plants you know they can take your breath away.

America’s favorite wildflower is sound asleep right now, tucked in under a lovely white blanket of snow, my favorite mulch, says Barry Glick of Sunshine Farm and Gardens in Renick, W.Va. But … ...